Remember back in high school, when a student would raise their hand and ask the teacher “How long does the report need to be?” I

Introduction Hey y’all,  Welcome back to Starting Out, from me and Transom. It’s season four of the newsletter! And my first season of the newsletter

For this episode of The Sound School Podcast, I took Chris Brookes’ advice. “I believe in finding a talisman,” Chris wrote on Transom back in

Hello! Welcome back to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. If you’re new here, my name is Talia, I’m an audio producer based

“You don’t want the music to take over or even be noticed very much.” I think that’s the most important observation Quil Lawrence made when

  If a podcast drops in Tanzania, does it make a sound? Munira Kaoneka is asking just that question when producing a podcast from her

Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear, the Everything List for Audio Opportunities. Before I get into this month’s Spotlights

Introduction    Welcome back to Starting Out, from me and Transom!  There won’t be an issue of Starting Out next month, since I’ll be hard at

If a humpback whale could talk to us, what would they say? Dr. Geraint Rhys Whittaker decided they might say the same thing someone who

Steve Junker makes it sound easy. A year or so ago, he was stuck inside during a cold Cape Cod winter while Covid was still

Hello! Welcome (back) to All Hear In case this is your first time: my name is Talia, I’m an audio producer based in London. Last

“Should I? Or shouldn’t I?” “Should I? Or Shouldn’t I?” I must have asked myself that question a thousand times. My internal dialogue never seemed

Introduction   Hey y’all — Ariana Martinez has been on my “to interview” list for a while now — they’re an incredibly talented sound designer and

I think my favorite quote from Brian Harnetty on this episode of Sound School is when he told me his work as a sound ethnographer

The Everything List for Audio Opportunities Hi there! My name is Talia, I’m an audio producer based in London. When I entered the industry a

The Everything List of Audio Opportunities When I was just starting out, it was hard to learn about what opportunities were out there in the

A call for submissions for the Transom Specials We want to help support your passion project — a small, random, one-off story or audio experiment

I subscribe to far too many podcasting emails. I probably need to cut back. But, I won’t. It’s the best way for me to stay

Introduction   Hey y’all,  As longtime readers of the newsletter know, I’m a gardener. Which means I have a tough time in January. It’s too early

After it was time for bed, I could turn on the radio and hear a live person on the other end. Someone who was speaking

Maybe the most heartbreaking scene in Q&A, the first season of the fiction podcast Mumbai Crime from Radiotopia, is the moment Thomas, the lead character,

Erika Beras and Sarah Gonzalez had a secret they kept from Earnest Jackson, a character in a story they recently reported for Planet Money.  Here’s

Introduction   Hi y’all I bet many of you reading this are preparing for final exams, writing papers, or otherwise trying to stagger through the finish

In 2010, Matej Praprotnik had his ears pried open. Matej traveled all the way from his home country of Slovenia to San Francisco to be

Happy Cyber Monday! The annual timetable of holiday shopping has increasingly smeared in the last few years, with sales offered by various retailers appearing before

Every day, reporters ask interviewees to go deep, to reveal profoundly personal information. Stories about all manner of difficult subject matter: divorce, illness, fraud, war,

Introduction Hey y’all,  I can’t lie, I’m especially excited about this month’s interview. It’s with the podcast that I’ve listened to more than any other.

For the first time in a long time, I pulled into my driveway, sat there, finished listening to an episode of a podcast, went inside

Making Time (Re)Introduction I actually remember, precisely, when I came to understand the importance of daydreaming and, more broadly, of Slowness. This lesson came to

According to Music Genre List, there are 54 different types of jazz. From Acid Jazz to West Coast Jazz. Apparently, there are 41 styles of

We’re living through an era of social and political tumult, when civic discourse is breaking down and the founding notions of democracy are being challenged.

Introduction  Hi y’all!  Welcome back to Starting Out from me and Transom. We took September off for some much needed rest, and so that I

There’s the anecdote about the trampoline. It goes like this: Phoenix Jones, a real-life superhero who wears a Batman-type outfit, chases a bad guy down

It’s not often that we experience fundamental shifts in the technology we use to record audio. In the portable-recorder world, there have been a couple

On this archive episode of the Sound School Podcast, a gift. A gift from producer Will Coley and editor Viki Merrick. Frequently, what takes place

There’s a rule for interviewers: shut up. Interviewers are not supposed to talk while an interviewee gives an answer. In particular, don’t say “mm-hm” or